The dress arrived in two sizes (RTR does this complimentary so you're sure to find the right fit for your event), in a beautiful garment bag with a little bag of "emergency" tools like double sided tape and deodorant remover.

If you're skeptical of renting a dress or outfit for a big event (or even just a Wednesday night) you need to give it a try. I'd never be able to afford a Herve Leger dress regularly but since RTR rents designer pieces at 10-15% of retail it was an affordable way to feel like a starlet for the night. Just think of it as your chance to wear that same Proenza Schouler dress you loved on the runway!

Those bandage dresses sure do hold you in and give you instant curves but they are also impossibly heavy. By the middle of the party I was sweltering! I looked great but the dress may not have been the best choice for a July evening. If only Rent The Runway's newly launched, Our Runway, had been around then!

Our Runway is RTR's ingenious new way of customizing how you "shop" online by showing your recommended pieces on real women! You can still see the pieces on traditional models (because who doesn't love models) but you can also get a sense for how it might look on your body.

Our Runway is almost entirely user-generated with women posting pictures of themselves in their rentals with accompanying reviews. Once you enter your stats, you'll be able to see what women with your body type (and in your age group) have rented and how they wore it.
It's pretty revolutionary.

Rent the Runway launched Our Runway back in October and I'm already wishing that more retailers would follow suit!

I have some events coming up but mostly I just like to look stylish as often as possible so I have my eye on a couple of pieces to borrow from Rent the Runway!

Fabulous idea, and contest!! Sadly, I just can't see myself being a rent the runway type of person. It's my tendency to spill you see- I would spill on something if it wore it. And then would probably end up owning it anyways, haha. Better to spring for my own dress and bear the burden of my clumsy ways at the dry cleaner;)